Nov^r 21. 1779

Dear Sir

I beg my compliments to M^r Clerk & shall be most happy to receive sketches of Inverlochy C. or any places in that vast mountainous tract, Glenco, or Taymouth, for I had no draftsman in 1769.¹ They are not to engrave but to bind with my copy of the Tours; which I wish to do in Febr. if I can get the sketches.²

I shall be very glad of five or six copies of the Genera of birds, which I really have a right to. if White will not reprint them, money may be got by doing it in q^to with a few plates.

I now remember M^r Elliot very well I beg my compliments to him & wish to know where he begins with de Buffon & whether he means to give plates: or whether he has begun to print. I hope he means to leave out the anatomy in anything I can do I shall be glad to assist him. ^I long for his plan. There are 3 volumes of Kalsa: I know not how to get you the 3^d but you had best ask M^r Gough to do it. you forget to see if M^r Macgovans celt is gilt or not.

I am D^r Sir Y^rs most faithfully

Tho. Pennant.

Have you got M^r Cordiner’s plates?

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Editorial notes

1. Pennant's comment is significant, revealing that his artist and servant Moses Griffith did not accompany him on his 1769 tour of Scotland.
2. Pennant's six-volume set of extra-illustrated copies of his Tours in Scotland are now held in the National Library Wales.